Fruit and Vegetable Songs

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OH, Do You Eat Your Vegetables? Sung to: "Muffin Man"

Oh do you eat your vegetables, vegetables, vegetables?
Oh, do you eat your vegetables-each and every day?

Oh, yes we eat our vegetables, vegetables, vegetables:
Oh yes we eat our vegetables-each and every day!

To continue the song, ask each child in turn to name a vegetable. 

Substitute the child's name and her vegetable choice, and have everyone sing the new words. For example:

Oh Janet eats green beans, green beans, green beans,
Oh Janet eats green beans-each and every day!

The Good Food Song 
Sung to: "Old MacDonald Had A Farm"

Fruits are good for me,
EE I EE I O
And so I eat them happily,
EE I EE I O
With an apple here
and an apple there
Here a apple, there a apple
Everywhere a apple, apple.
Fruits are good for me,
EE I EE I O.

*Use your own creativity to add other vegetables

Variation: Vegetables are very good for me

Vegetable Soup Song Sung to: "Farmer in the Dell"
The soup is boiling up
The soup is boiling up
Stir slow-around we go
The soup is boiling up.

First we add the broth
First we add the broth
Stir slow-around we go
The soup is boiling up.

Now we add some carrots
Now we add some carrots
Stir slow-around we go
The soup is boiling up.

Teaching Tips

I have the students pick vegetables from some play food and add it to the soup bowl

Vegetables  Sung to: "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
We are pumpkins, big and round
Big and round, big and round
We are pumpkins, big and round
Seated on the ground.

We are string beans, green and fine.....
Growing on a vine.
We are onions, round and white....
We make soup taste right.
We are carrots, orange and long...
Help us sing our song.
We are cabbage, green or red....
See our funny head.
We are corn stalks, tall and straight....
Don't we just taste great.

Lemon in the Bowl 
Five big lemons in the bowl. (hold up five fingers)

One fell out and started to roll. (Fold down one finger, and roll hands)
It bumped the table and hit my toe (clap once, and touch toes )
How many lemons in the bowl? 1-2-3-4 (Count fingers)


Continue counting down to zero
Variation:
Start with 10 lemons and take away two or more.  
Write the subtraction problem on the board.
Use lemons to help students visualize the song.

Check out these resources!

Gingerbread Men Songs

Christmas is a great time to talk about the Gingerbread Man.  This is such a fun story and lends itself well to talking about how to make the cookie, animals, sequence of events, shapes, sense, counting and colors.  My favorite activity is to hide Gingerbread men all over the classroom for the children to find.  

Each child gets to find one Gingerbread man and keep it.

A Gingerbread Poem

What do you feel?
The cookie dough.


It's smooth and soft to touch.


Cool and squishy in my hands;


I like it very much!
 

What do you hear?


The rolling pin.
  It's rolling out the dough.
"

Rrr-rrr" goes the rolling pin,


A-rolling to and fro.
 

What do you smell?


A spicy scent.
It's filling up the room.


Sweet and strong, it smells so good-


Much better than perfume.
 

What do you see?


A fresh-bakced treat.  Its color is just right:


What a lovely golden brown!


A very pretty sight!

What do you taste?


The gingerbread!
  A spicy treat or two.


Sweet and yummy in my mouth;


Now I'll share some with you!

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Gingerbread Boy / Girl
I'm a little gingerbread boy. (Boys bow.) 

I'm a little gingerbread girl. (Girls bow.)


I can jump, (All jump.) 

And I can twirl. (All turn around.)
I have raisins (Point to eyes.) For my eyes,


And bright red buttons (Point to buttons down chest.) Just this size.
I have a mouth, It looks like this. (Point to smiling mouth.)


I can even Blow a kiss. (Blow a kiss.)
I'm warm and tasty, But don't eat me. (Shake head.)


I'll run away (pretend to run) Hee, Hee, Hee

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Gingerbread Colors
I'm a gingerbread man And I can think
I'm a ginger bread man My color is pink.

I'm a gingerbread man And I smile, not frown
I'm a ginger bread man My color is brown.

I'm a gingerbread man And I'm looking at you
I'm a ginger bread man My color is blue.

I'm a gingerbread man That's what I said
I'm a ginger bread man My color is red.

I'm a gingerbread man And I'll be right back
I'm a ginger bread man My color is black.

I'm a gingerbread man And I say borange
I'm a ginger bread man My color is orange.

I'm a gingerbread man And milk I slurple
I'm a ginger bread man My color is purple.

I'm a gingerbread man And I'm a real nice fellow
I'm a ginger bread man My color is yellow.

Use this when you sing the song:

Google Docs: Gingerbread Men

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Gingerbread Shape Sung to "The Wheels on the Bus"

The gingerbread man needs two eyes,

Needs two eyes, needs two eyes, 

The gingerbread man needs two eyes

So pick out a shape.

Substitute 'two eyes' for 'one nose', 'one mouth' and 'three buttons'

I use a big paper gingerbread man and have the children pick out different shapes I made out of foam to create the eyes, nose, mouth and buttons. 

Google Docs: Gingerbread Man

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Gingerbread Men

Five little gingerbread men lying on a tray 

(Lay five fingers on the palm of the other hand)

One jumped up and ran away. 

(Raise one finger up then run in place)

Singing "Catch me, catch me, Catch me if you can 

(Wave fingers next to head)

I run really fast I'm the gingerbread man"   

(Pretend to run and then point to self)

Repeat counting down.

Idea #1: Have the students represent the gingerbread man, popping up and running away.

Idea #2: Start with a bigger number and subtract as many men as you like to work on subtraction. 

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The Gingerbread Man Runs Through the Town  Sung to "Wheels on the Bus"

The gingerbread man ran through the town, 

Through the town, through the town

The gingerbread man ran through the town.

Singing "You'll never catch me."

He ran away from the cow

From the cow, from the cow

He ran away from the cow

Singing "You'll never catch me." 

Keep going with different animals he ran away from: dog, pig, sheep, horse . .

Then he came to a fox, 

To a fox, to a fox

Then he came to a fox

Singing "You'll never catch me"

The fox said "You can trust me"

"You can trust me", "You can trust me"

The fox said "You can trust me"

Then he ate him yes sir - ee

Idea #1: Use Christmas character in the story to chase the gingerbred man: Elves, reindeer, snowman, angels, Santa, etc . . .

Cookie Songs

5 little cookies

5 little cookies with frosting galore
Jacob ate the blue one and then there were four
4 little cookies, two and two you see
Elizabeth ate the red one and then there were three
3 little cookies, but before I knew
Ethan ate the yellow one and then there were two
2 little cookie, oh, what fun
Amy ate the brown one and then there was one
One and only one, Jayla ate the orange one, then there are none


Idea #1: Cut out circle shapes from construction paper or foam and give the child the colored cookie to hold
Idea #2: Have the cookies laying around the room and have the kids go find the correct color of cookie.
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Share a Cookie Sung to "Sarasponda"
Share a cookie, share a cookie, 
Share a cookie yum, yum, yum
Share a cookie, share a cookie, 
Share a cookie yum, yum, yum
An Oreo, a chocolate oreo
I love the creamy filling in a chocolate oreo
Boom-da,Boom-da, Boom-da, Boom-da
Boom-da,Boom-da, Boom-da, Boom-da


Idea #1: Pass the cookie around the circle to the beat of the music
Idea #2: When the song says "An Oreo" the child holding the cookie stands up
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Chocolate, Chocolate Cookies  Sung to "Peanut, peanut butter"

Chorus:

Chocolate, chocolate cookies, YUM
Chocolate, chocolate cookies, YUM
First you take the flour and you sift it you sift it
First you take the flour and you sift it you sift it

Chorus

Then you take the sugar and you pour it, you pour it
Then you take the sugar and you pour it, you pour it
Chorus
Then you take the butter and you smash it, you smash it
Then you take the butter and you smash it, you smash it

Chorus

Then you take the egg and you crack it, you crack it
Then you take the egg and you crack it, you crack it
Chorus
Then you take the chips and you drop em', you drop em'
Then you take the chips and you drop em', you drop em'

Chorus
Then you take the dough and you mix it, you mix it
Then you take the dough and you mix it, you mix it

Chorus
Then you take the dough and you shape it, you shape it
Then you take the dough and you shape it, you shape it

Chorus
Then you take the dough and you roll it, you roll it
Then you take the dough and you roll it, you roll it

Chorus
Then you take the dough and you cut it, you cut it
Then you take the dough and you cut it, you cut it

Chorus
Then you take the cookies and you bake em', you bake em'
Then you take the cookies and you bake em', you bake em'

Chorus
Then you take the cookies and you eat em', eat em'
Then you take the cookies and you eat em', eat em'

Idea #1: Act out the making of the cookies.
Idea #2: Keep a beat on the your knees during the chorus

Idea #3: Review the steps of making a cookie talking about what come first, next and last.